Event #48: $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed
Day 1 Started
Event #48: $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed
Day 1 Started
Welcome to the opening day of Event #48: $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed, where the world’s best mixed-game specialists will compete for this prestigious title at the 2022 World Series of Poker in its new home at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.
Last year’s event saw 484 total entries create a prize pool of $646,140. In the end, Ryan Leng overcame a 10-to-1 chip deficit to defeat Connor Drinan after a long heads-up match to earn $137,969 and his third WSOP gold bracelet.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
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1 | Ryan Leng | United States | $137,969 |
2 | Connor Drinan | United States | $85,273 |
3 | Brett Shaffer | United States | $56,839 |
4 | Daniel Zack | United States | $38,752 |
5 | Schuyler Thornton | United States | $27,038 |
6 | Ryan Hughes | United States | $19,317 |
Players will compete six-handed in an eight-game mix that includes No-Limit Hold’em, Seven Card Stud, Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Razz, Pot-Limit Omaha, Limit Hold’em, Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better, and 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw.
Day 1 is scheduled for fifteen 40-minute levels of play with a 15-minute break every three levels, while late registration closes at the end of Level 9. The game will change every six hands at each table and surviving players will return for Day 2 on Thursday afternoon.
As always, the PokerNews live reporting team will be there every step of the way on the road to crowning the WSOP’s newest champion.
Level: 1
Limits: 200/400
Ante: 0
The players are in their seats and cards are in the air for Event #48: $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mike Patrick | 25,000 | |
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Yufei Zhong | 25,000 | |
Thomas Taylor | 25,000 | |
Yueqi Zhu | 25,000 | |
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Brett Richey | 25,000 | |
David "ODB" Baker | 25,000 | |
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Alex Livingston | 25,000 | |
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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Frankie O'Dell |
25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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Ali Eslami |
25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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Kevin Gerhart |
25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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Scott Bohlman |
25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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Allen Kessler |
25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
David Bach |
25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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Daniel Mayoh | 25,000 |
2-7 Lowball Triple Draw
After raising on the button, Carol Fuchs was called and drew two cards. Her opponent took one and both players checked before taking one on the second draw.
Fuchs threw out another bet which was called, and she patted the table while her opponent drew one again. Fuchs checked and turned over as her opponent mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Carol Fuchs |
26,200
26,200
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26,200 |
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2-7 Lowball Triple Draw
David Back raised from the small blind to find one called across the table. Bach patted and bet as his opponent drew one, with the action repeated all the next two draws.
Bach's final bet was enough to produce a fold, scoring an early pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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David Bach |
26,200
1,200
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1,200 |
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Seven Card Stud
Eddie Blumenthal: //
David "ODB" Baker: //
Heads-up on fifth street, David "ODB" Baker put out a bet and was called by Eddie Blumenthal.
Blumenthal, with four to a straight showing, bet on sixth with Baker calling. Both players checked on seventh.
Baker, who won his first WSOP bracelet in an Eight Game Mix event in 2012, flashed a queen for a pair, but Blumenthal turned over for two pair, jacks and sixes, to add to his stack early on Day 1.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Eddie Blumenthal | 27,000 | |
David "ODB" Baker |
23,000
-2,000
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-2,000 |
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Level: 2
Limits: 300/600
Ante: 0